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Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 08-03-2016, 10:48 PM
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Posted By booster
I did try the "clock" or time accumulator on our...

I did try the "clock" or time accumulator on our Isotherm, but found it to not match the watt or ah accumulator readings. It appeared to be from the varying amp draw of the compressor that...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 08-03-2016, 06:35 PM
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Posted By booster
They normally want the power line right to the...

They normally want the power line right to the battery to assure accurate voltage readings at the meter. It wouldn't affect the meter running at all, or the AH reading. It could affect a watt hour...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 08-03-2016, 06:22 PM
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Posted By booster
A power monitor that measures only the watts or...

A power monitor that measures only the watts or ah used by the frig is the only good way to tell where you are IMO. Use can vary over the day, and watching and guessing the run time is highly...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 08-03-2016, 05:36 PM
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Posted By booster
I figured I would bring this back up as it came...

I figured I would bring this back up as it came to mind today while doing something else (I have really odd thought patterns).

I think that for anyone who is doing a compressor frig upgrade, it is...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 07-23-2016, 06:02 PM
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Posted By booster
It would be interesting to see where they put the...

It would be interesting to see where they put the fan. When we were looking maybe 5 years ago, the add on fans for the compressor on the bottom, convention condenser on the back, units put the fan...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 07-23-2016, 05:49 PM
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Views: 7,276
Posted By booster
Absolutely true, and it may be something that is...

Absolutely true, and it may be something that is happening a lot more that we know about. It is easy to see the amp draw on a monitor, but much harder to see the watts or amp hours per day. I...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 07-23-2016, 05:22 PM
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Views: 7,276
Posted By booster
There was a lot of talk quite a few years ago...

There was a lot of talk quite a few years ago about add on fans to move the air away on all kinds of frigs, so when I had ours out for another reason, I added a decent size fan an speed control at...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 07-23-2016, 04:29 PM
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Posted By booster
I don't know if you have seen how Isotherm does...

I don't know if you have seen how Isotherm does their compressor and fan, but it is located in a notch in the cabinet at the upper rear. Very small and self contained fan, compressor, and condenser....
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 07-23-2016, 03:01 PM
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Posted By booster
Looking at your graph, it appears that it went to...

Looking at your graph, it appears that it went to absorption at about 10.8 amps or so, which is about 10X what you want. To get to the lower amps would probably take upwards of 4+ hours, although it...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 07-23-2016, 02:53 PM
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Posted By booster
Good information to have, Greg. I am not...

Good information to have, Greg. I am not surprised about the Tripplite, as when we had one, it regularly undercharged. My guess is that with yours, you did not even get a full absorption charge,...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 07-21-2016, 05:43 PM
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Posted By booster
All good information, and there do seem to be...

All good information, and there do seem to be more options that they used to be.

On thing to remember is that the Samlex (IIRC from the previous discussion) does the float transition based on...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 07-20-2016, 02:22 PM
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Posted By booster
Sounds like a good plan. It will also give you a...

Sounds like a good plan. It will also give you a chance to watch the time it takes to taper the amps to the desired .5% (it will likely even be able to go lower than that with new Lifelines, but the...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 07-19-2016, 09:51 PM
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Posted By booster
That is about $100 for a 2 amp, fixed timer based...

That is about $100 for a 2 amp, fixed timer based charger. The absorption is limited to 4 hours and the bulk to 20 hours. If Greg had a charger that got him to 80% full, he would need another 50AH...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 07-15-2016, 11:49 PM
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Posted By booster
That is it, although you may want to go to float...

That is it, although you may want to go to float instead of storage right off of full charge. We have found the batteries will continue to fill very slowly for a couple of days of floating. Nice...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 07-15-2016, 11:28 PM
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Posted By booster
AFAIK, they aren't settable, but the voltages...

AFAIK, they aren't settable, but the voltages they use line up well with the Lifeline specifications. The charger itself is fixed voltage, and the mulitstage part comes from adding the Charge...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 07-15-2016, 09:50 PM
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Posted By booster
I think it would, as it looks to have the same...

I think it would, as it looks to have the same setup as our older 8 amp version. To use it to get your batteries full, you would likely have to run multiple charge cycles. On ours, you can either...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 07-15-2016, 08:43 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 7,276
Posted By booster
I seriously doubt a Battery minder would have any...

I seriously doubt a Battery minder would have any significant affect on getting full as the output is so low, even if you could keep it in absorption the whole time. I just ran a 50% recharge on...
Forum: Electrical | Charging, Systems, Solar and Generators 07-15-2016, 07:32 PM
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Views: 7,276
Posted By booster
Lots of discussion here on that topic, so you...

Lots of discussion here on that topic, so you should be able to search for details.

Bottom line, IMO, is that there are basically two choices in chargers that will get the batteries full based on...
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